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Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, First Free Press hardcover edition., Available .
Book, 2014
Current format, Book, 2014, First Free Press hardcover edition., Available . Offered in 0 more formats
Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it. "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--
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